Display package



I A g. 5 1969 A, ENQT 3,459,298

, DISPLAY PACKAGE Filed July 24, 1967 Z'Sheets-Sheet 1 s- 5, 1969 A. QUENOT 3,459,298

DISPLAY PACKAGE Filed July 24, 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 22 Ff .i 29 i l l 32 z I: 0 i I United States Patent E 3,459,298 DISPLAY PACKAGE Andre Quenot, Besancon, France, assignor to Quenot & Cie SARL, Besancon, France, a corporation of France Filed July 24, 1967, Ser. No. 655,558 Claims priority, applic7a5tio17France, Sept. 8, 1966, 6

Int. Cl. 1565a 73/00 US. Cl. 206-79 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Cases of all kinds are known for displaying various marchandise. These cases generally have for their purpose to facilitate the showing and the arrangement of marchandise while permitting to the buyer to inspect the items packed and to decide without the aid of a sales person.

Presentation packages, of the self-service type generally consist of a piece of cardboard on which the item is secured and then covered by cellophane or by a transparent plastic in order to protect without fading the displayed item; another purpose of these cases consists in making it possible to suspend the items to hooks or to string them along.

These cases generally have the drawback of completely covering the item, the buyer being unable to make the item work and thus make sure of its quality. Additionally, these packages are often conceived without allowing for the possibility that the retailers will have to stock them, their various shapes and dimensions being designed so as to attract as much as possible the attention of the pros pective buyer.

Moreover, it should be noted that the use of a cardboard package in which the object is covered by a sheet of transparent plastic material increases the size of the package since it is necessary to make allowance for the assembly of the transparent sheet on the cardboard support. Such an increase in dimension is undesirable since it increases the size of the packages to be transported and increases the number of items shown per unit of volume or of surface.

Consequently the invention aims at providing a presentation package which has dimensions equal to that of the item presented and permits the storage of the displayed objects within a minimum of space while preserving the attention-getting and publicity characteristics of the package. The presentation package according to the invention makes possible a better display of an object exposed, which has a maniputable part and permits the manipulation thereof without removal of the object from the package.

In the case, for example, of linear measuring instruments the display package according to the invention permits the extraction of the measuring tape without requiring the removal of the instrument itself.

The display package according to the invention can also, in the absence of a display rack, be exposed in a show case; the display case rests on its base plate, the

3,459,298 Patented Aug. 5, 1969 instrument being then substantially visible to the prospective buyer, its package showing all publicity, trademark or indications of origin.

The display case according to the invention is printed on only one surface of the cardboard while the various visible sides of the display case all appear printed after folding. There results a substantial economy in the cost of making such presentation packages.

Thus the invention has for object a display case made in one piece, characterized in that it has an upper opening for the removal of the displayed object and at least one hooking opening in the part thereof not covered by the object.

The invention will be better understood by reference to the following description made by way of a non-limiting example and to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of the display case unfolded.

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of a display case containing a linear measuring instrument.

The case according to the invention is described hereafter with respect to an embodiment designed for the display of a linear measuring instrument having a reading window in its casing.

Reference is made first to FIGURE 1 which shows the unfolded case in plan view and where the folding lines are shown by dotted lines.

The final shape in plan view and in one piece is obtained by cutting and the folding lines are outlined at the same time.

With the aid of walls 1, 2, 3 and 4 there is formed by folding around the vertical edges 10, 11, 12 and 13 a container having a substantially rectangular cross-section by bluing the front of flap 5 against part 5 of the back of end wall 1. Bottom flaps 7 and 7 are folded back around axes 14 and 16 so as to lie on a plane of section perpendicular to the extremity of the rectangular container previously formed.

Face 6 is folded around axis 15 so as to close the bottom of the rectangular pouch and the flap 8 is folded around the axis 17 and squeezes part 7 and 7 thus closing the bottom; the front of flap 8 facing against the rear of face 1.

Face 1 is folded around axis 18 so as to lie against face 1 when going inside the pouch in such a way that the openings 20 and 20 are superimposed and flap 9 folded around axis 19 lies against the bottom of the pouch formed from faces 7, 7' and 6.

Face 9 is optional and only serves for reinforcing the bottom of the pouch.

Reference is now made to FIGURE 2.

The linear measuring instrument 22 forced inside the pouch formed by faces 1, 2, 3 and 4 sticks out sufliciently for it to be removed from the display case without much difliculty. The face 3 is extensively cut out by a truncated cut so as to ensure the supportof the instrument without hiding it.

Face 2 has an opening 21 through which it is possible to operate the measuring tape 23 by pulling its extremity 24. The tape 23 being partially extracted, the instrument 22 cannot be removed withtout tearing its display case.

Face 1 bears on its upper part an aperture 20 permitting to suspend the assembly to a hook, for example. Aperture 20 can be triangular, circular or of any shape.

The length of face 1 is such that its part passing beyond instrument 22 after the insertion of the same therein is substantially equal to the height of said instrument, permitting a top to bottom storage without loss of space, for example, in delivery cartons comprising an even number of instruments.

In a modification referring to linear measuring instruments for direct reading of inner distances, a flap 26, cut in face 1, which may have an opening 28, is folded around fold line 27 in order to be bent back on the upper face 25 of said instrument to minimize wear of the instruments by rubbing of the upper parts thereof when they are stored top to bottom in pairs.

It is also possible to extend (FIGS. 1 and 2) face 2 by means of a band 30 which serves as pilfer-proofing means and which will be bent back on the upper part 25 of instrument 22. Band 30 can have an aperture 31 permitting to see the graduations through window 29, in the case where the seller has neglected to eliminate band 30, before display, by cutting along line 32. This band 30 is maintained in place by the insertion of its free extremity between the instrument and the inside of face 4.

The display case according to the invention has been described with respect to its use for a linear measuring instrument. It is however possible to put the same to other uses. Moreover, the material fabricated can be other than cardboard; for example a plastic molded material can be used.

Although the invention has been described with respect to one particular embodiment, it is understood that the same is in no way limited thereto and that there can be provided various modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A container particularly adapted to the display of a tape measure casing, comprising: a front panel having a recess for viewing a part of said tape measure casing; a plurality of side panels integrally associated with said front panel; a window in one of said side panels for allowing access to the extremity of the tape in said casing; a main back panel integral with one of said side panels; a secondary back panel integral with said main back panel and foldable relative thereto to reinforce said main back panel, said secondary back panel having a lower member foldable relative thereto to form an inner bottom panel for said container; side bottom panels connected to said side panels and foldable over said member; a bottom panel connected to said front panel and foldable over said side bottom panel; said bottom panel having an integral extension tab engageable between the lower extremities of said main and said secondary back panels; and a connecting flap integral with one of said side panels and adapted to be secured to the front of said main panel.

2. A container according to claim 1, wherein said secondary back panel is foldable on said main back panel along a fold line, there being corresponding openings on each side of said fold lines for permitting said container to be hung.

3. A container according to claim 1, having pilferproofing means, said means consisting of a band extending from one of said side panels and above said casing, said band having an extremity fitting between said casing and the inside of the opposite side panel.

4. A container according to claim 3, wherein said band has an aperture for viewing said casing.

5. A container according to claim 1, wherein a flap is cut in said secondary back panel and is foldable on the top of said casing to protect the same.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,956,642 5/1934 Einson 20644.12 2,582,422 1/1952 Ewald 2064531 3,129, 23 10 4/1964 Wilkens 206--52 3,155,232 11/1964 Leone 20679 3,258,114 6/1966 King 20644.12 3,349,901 10/1967 Brautigam 20652 WILLIAM T. DIXSON, JR., Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 206 

